London stories

Cowbell and Zurich roll out Prime One cyber cover for Australian SMEs, targeting firms up to AUD $100 million turnover with rapid broker access.

Airstride launches Carmen AI, an autonomous agent that scouts, scores and contacts B2B channel partners, claiming up to 80% time savings.

Expereo and Cato Networks join forces to offer multinational firms unified managed connectivity and cloud security via a single provider.

XR acquires Telly Traffic to fold TV clearance into its ad ops platform, strengthening UK ad compliance as regulatory scrutiny grows.

AI fintech Cleo stages UK comeback with a waitlisted app, betting its chatty budgeting assistant can ease mounting money anxiety.

ControlUp names Gadi Feldman chief product officer and Bob Johnson SVP alliances to drive product innovation and partner-led global growth.

Ecommpay and Payrails form strategic tie-up, offering large merchants a single API to streamline complex, multi-provider payment stacks.

Self-gifting and friend-gifting are reshaping UK Valentine’s Day, lifting total spending to GBP £2.1 billion, Flowwow data shows.

Doorly secures GBP £600,000 to accelerate its shift from barber-booking app to nationwide on-demand home services marketplace.

AI is turbocharging Europe’s data centre boom, but grid bottlenecks and power scarcity now threaten to slow the next wave of expansion.

Masabi acquires Passenger to fuse ticketing, payments and real-time information into a single mobility platform for transport operators.

SEON launches global partner programme to embed its AI-powered fraud and AML tools deeper into platforms as online scams surge worldwide.

AI, quantum threats and tougher regulation will reshape cyber strategies by 2026, forcing new governance, identity models and SOC workflows.

GTIA aims to boost its charitable giving to USD $5m in 2026, more than doubling the USD $1.91m it distributed to 45 non-profits in 2025.

Teciem debuts in London as an independent treasury software group, backed by Apax and serving more than 340 financial institutions.

botim money links with TerraPay to power real-time UAE-Africa remittances, targeting key mobile wallet corridors and rising USD $96.4 billion flows.

SEON wins Frost & Sullivan’s 2025 Global Enabling Technology Leadership Award for AI-driven fraud and AML platform innovation.

Sigma has launched an Asia Pacific and Japan hub in Sydney, naming veteran sales leader Bede Hackney as regional vice president.

Cruxy names Rebecca Osman CFO and COO to spearhead international expansion and deepen work with private equity-backed tech firms.

UK online parcels jumped 17% in late 2025 as pet care and beauty surged, even as fashion and homewares shipments slid, Scurri data shows.